Hinge construction for automobile-hoods



T. A. GREEN.

HINGE CONSTRUCTION FOR AUTOMOBILE HOODS APPLICATION min JAN. 28, 1918.

1,3 1 9, 1 52. w Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

UNITED sTATEs TENT oE IoE TEDDY AE ON GREEN, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ,AssIeNOE To THE METAL AUTO PARTS COMPANY, OP INDIANAPOLIs; INDIANA, A COR ORATION OF INDIANA.

HINGE CONSTRUCTION FOR AUTOMOBILE-HD0138.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, TEDDY AKRON GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, Marion county, and State of Indiana, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Hinge Constructions. for Automobile-Hoods, of

to provide a hood having a smooth upper surface.

With these objects in view my invention is embodied in preferable form in the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the hood embodying the construction; Fig. 2, an enlarged vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig.v 3, a still further enlarged section through one of the,

hinges.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a central section of the hood extending longitudinally thereof from front to rear and adapted to be rigidly connected at its front end to the rim of the radiator casing by bolts 01 rivets at 2 and rigidly connected at its rear end to the body of the automobile f by bolts or rivets .at 3 Along each longitudinal edge, the section 1 is bent down below the plane thereof into curved gutter members 4 which approach a semi-circle in their shape although the outer terminations thereof are bent slightly in from the curve of the gutter. Riveted or otherwise rigidly secured on the inner surface of each gutter along the outer border thereof is a metallic connecting and knuckle carrying strap 5 which along its outer edge is formed into curved, hollow socket or knuckle membersfi'. These knuckle members are alined with and fit between similar knuckles or sockets 7 formed by turning in the inner edges of a connecting strap 8 which is clamped rigidly between the main wall of one side section 9 of the top of the hood and a flange 10 which Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedvOct, 21,1919.

Application filed January 28, 1918. Serial NO. 214,170.

is doubled over upon the connecting strap and preferably connected therewith by riveting and welding whereby the strap is rigidly held between the flange and the body of the side section of the top part of the hood. A

pintle 11 is inserted through the knuckles or sockets provided on the central section and each side section, and serves to com- .plete a hinge for the connection of said central member with each of said side me'mbers'of the-hood.

By the above arrangement a construction is provided in which thehinges are'pro-- tected through the overlapping portion of the two side sections of the top of the hood and a gutter for each hinge is also provided which may carryofi' any water that may enter between the central section and each side section. At the same time owin tothe provision of the central section wiich is rigidly supported, at each end and to the fact also that the side sections9 are also supported at each end by the radiatorrim and body and a separate hinge connection is provided between each side section and the centralsection, a strong and rigid support for the hinged and the side sections is obtained which will prevent sagging and distortion of the latter or of the gutters.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In automobile hoods,-a central top sec- -tion rigidly secured to the automobile structure at each end thereof, side sections, said central section having downwardly and outwardly bent portions along its longitudinal edges forming gutters, the outer parts of said gutter portions being turned upwardly, separate hinge knuckle straps secured on said upturned parts, said side sections being provided along their inner edges with hinge knuckles, and having parts extended inwardly beyond the knuckles and overlying the gutters. I

Y 2.In' automobile hoods, .in combination with a rigidly supported central top section extending longitudinally of the hood, side sections, said central section having its opposite longitudinal edges bent downwardly and outwardly to form gutters, separate hinge knuckle straps rigidly secured to the outer edges of said gutters,'said sidev sections having their longitudinal edges doubled over upon themselves, hinge knuckle straps secured'between said doubled porg v emme tions of the section at their inner edges, my hand and seal at Indianapolis, this 21st.

means for joining said hinge knuckle 1neinday of January, A. D. nineteen hundred and hers to form a hinge and said side sections eighteen. having their inner edges prolonged inwardly TEDDY AKRON GREEN. [L. s.] 5 beyond the hinges so as to overlap the same Vitnesses:

and lie above the gutters. H. P. DOOLITTLE, In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set M. L. SHULER. 

